The chapter starts with Jim laying in a hospital bed in the children's ward following his exploits with the Petrel. he is the only one in the ward apart from a young Japanese soldier who is an amateur plane spotter, but only knows the names of two types of plane, and also a smoker.
Jim reflects on what happened with the attack on the Petrel and muses with the thought that it all was like a film and he could believe that the attack would happen in the film but that the real part was sitting for 6 hours on the beach with his father and the dead petty officer.
He is told by a Chinese nun that his father is located in a ward below and how they were honored by soldiers sent by the Idzumo.
Jim wonders whether life will return to normal once the Japanese are in control. he talks to the young soldier who soon decides that aviation is too hard for this young boy to grasp and leaves him alone.
Seizing his chance Jim heads of too another ward via a fire escape but finds that the door is locked. Soldier then come into the hospital and Jim thinks that they are surely looking for him. he escapes into a 'cave like' room full of bandaged men to to be caught by the Japanese soldiers.
An hour later, every one has gone and Jim is told to go home. he is also told that his father has been taken to a prison in Hongkew.n the nun tells him to go home where his mother will take care of him. he grabs his freshly laundered clothes and leaves the Hospital.
by Nathan Giles - Donovan
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